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The final meeting of 2017 was graced with the presence (for the nth consecutive year) of – wait for it – SANTA! Lots of Ho Ho Hos from he of the real and false white beard but firstly there were a few announcements:

Our outgoing scholar, Katy, was presented with her Rotary blazer by David Robinson. She leaves for Austria on 9th January and we all look forward to her keeping in touch .

Santa then blustered his way through various fines, despite being upstaged by Ron Devlin. Mayor Greg has been featured (if that's the right word) in NZ Women's Weekly magazine, ostensibly as one of the best dressed men in the country. Gifts were distributed by Santa's little (well, not so little) helpers. and caused equal amounts of hilarity and bemusement. Notable gifts were blow-up dolls (both sexes), beach glass holders and bits to help the aspiring chef go Italian.

The inevitable 12 Days of Christmas was 'sung' with Number 5 once again gaining the 'Most Enthusiastic' award. For those who weren't there, or couldn't hear, the days went thus:

First The Toastmaster's new metal knee

Second Only two newbee members

Third Three Paul Harris Fellows

Fourth Four political guest speakers

Fifth Five Friday Fives

Sixth Six Club Committees

Seventh Seven Community collections

Eighth Eight Whisky Galore drams

Ninth Nine member resignations

Tenth Ten backup roles for Pat

Eleventh Eleven 'Have Funs' with Ursula

Twelfth Twelve reminders from Eric

Read, learn, mark and inwardly digest so we can get the singing right next year.

Despite Eric's dictate, Ron F provided 2 Parting Thoughts:

'Its amazing that the amount of news that happens in life would every day just exactly fit the newspaper'

'We owe a lot to Thomas Edison. if it wasn't for him we would be watching television in the dark'